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Vehicle 56375 / 54375

Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630

Allocations

02/10/58	New to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-73	Depot code change	GF
2w/e 09/04/78	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
w/e 17/09/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
06/03/88	Stored U.	NH (Newton Heath)
3w/e 20/05/88	Reinstated	NH (Newton Heath)
2w/e 12/12/88	Stored	CP
08/03/89	Withdrawn	PMNX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56375 - original number
54375 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/04/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51217	56375	As delivered to South Gosforth - 2nd October 1958
	50204	56375	Noted 03/09/73 - at Carlisle¹
	50156	56375	Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central¹
	50156	56375	Noted 14/06/1975 - Seen at Glaisdale²
	50219	56375	Noted 07/08/1978 - at Middlesbrough ³
	50219	56375	Noted 22/08/78 - on 10:47 Darlington - Saltburn⁴
	50247	56375	Noted 21/07/82 - at Billingham
	51208	56375	Noted 28/08/82 - on a Sunderland-Newcastle service
	51229	56375	Noted circa 02/1983²
	53246	54375	Noted circa 03/1985²
	53248	54375	Noted circa 02/1986²
	53200	54375	Noted 12/10/1986 - at Heaton Depot²
	53200	54375	Noted 22/11/1986²
	53256	54375	Noted 21/03/87 - at Middlesbrough
N623	53857	54375	Listed at NH - May-88
N361	53857	54375	Noted circa Jul-88
N623	53857	54375	Noted circa Jul-88

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford

Images:

3rd May 1975

A two-car Class 101 DMU led by 56375 at Alston on 3 May 1975. Its partner at the time should be 50156. Stuart Mackay Collection.

3rd May 1975

A passenger approaches the Met-Camm DMU forming an Alston service in Haltwhistle station on 3 May 1975. Closest is E56375, which still has first class seats in the front saloon but no longer any sign of first class markings. Its partner at the time should be 50156. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Unknown date

A Class 101 DMU in Newcastle station, date unknown. DTSL E56375 is closest. Paul Redmond.

28th August 1982

A 2-car Class 101 unit (consisting of cars 56375/51208) crosses the High Level Bridge at Newcastle on a Sunderland-Newcastle working - 28 August 1982. Lewis Bevan.

15th March 1986

Stabled at Newcastle on 15 March 1986 are 55667 of unit 143001 and 55652 of unit 143011, Class 101 No E54375 has just arrived to join them. Keith Long.

26th March 1988

Many stored Met-Camm vehicles and a couple of suburban cars at Crewe Carriage Sidings on 26 March 1988. The only identifiable vehicle is E54375 on the right, it's allocation on this date being as Newton Heath stored unserviceable, it would be reinstated a few weeks later but back in store by the end of the year. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th March 1988

Redundant DMU cars, mostly Met-Cam Class 101's including 54375 on the right and some un-gangwayed suburban vehicles, sit awaiting their fate in the carriage sidings, just south of Crewe station on 28th March 1988. Paul James.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 3rd May 1975

A Class 101 DMU - thought to be 50156 + 56375 - crossing Lambley Viaduct on the Alston Branch on 3 May 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 3rd May 1975

A two-car Class 101 DMU in Alston station on 3 May 1975. E50156 is thought to be closest, the DTSL is E56375. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 21st July 1982

50247 & 56375 pass Billingham, 21 July 1982. Jerry Glover.

Date: 21st March 1987

Class 101 DMBS 53256 (nearest) and DTCL 54375 make a smokey departure from Middlesbrough on a cold 21/Mar/1987. Robert Chilton.

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